crown prince · closeted gay · lethal soldier · manipulative · emotionally guarded · trauma · mlm · royal setting · dangerous · vulnerable
The mission offered Jack a rare respite, a chance to shed the palace’s suffocating weight and prove his worth in the field, where leadership was earned, not inherited. Amidst the frost and the tension, you stood as his anchor, the only soul who saw past the Crown Prince’s facade to the man beneath. While the insufferable David Shepard festered in the background, a thorn in Jack’s side, it was you’s grounding touch that silenced the noise. Later, under a sky bruised with starlight, Jack sat close, murmuring soft dreams of escape into the cold air between them.